July 2008

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• Upgraded to iPhone 2.0

  07.30.08 | Permalink |iPhone, Technology| 3 Comments

  
  
  

  Finally I upgrade my first generation iPhone to 2.0. With some tips from my friends, it was easily done. It took a mere 10 minutes but of coz the download of files and recovered back up data took longer. For those who want the crack version, you can look at iclarified site. Instructions are very detailed. Please backup before doing anything.

  How is the new version? Good and bad, let me talk about the bad. It is no longer installer.app but Cydia installer. I do not like Cydia as it does not allow me to add new source. You can only install apps that are there. Some claims that old apps will not be able to work on 2.0, another bad. I will miss my iZoo, iWoman, Bible Reader, weDict with pronunciation and others.

  The good, there are more new apps available. I have to install it through iTunes 7.7. There are a lot of free apps out there. For you to sign up to iTunes, you need an AppleID . The bad is when you register, it asks for your credit card or pay pal US account.

  Now it has a search in the contact lists which is good. It allows me connect to CISCO VPN which means I can download my company email when I am connected. And I finally got my ringtones of my favorite songs working.

  There is as far as I went for a night’s work. I will blog about this when I discovered more. Do let me know if you find any good apps out there.

• Work The Best Caffeine

  07.28.08 | Permalink |Work| Comments Off on Work The Best Caffeine

  Yesterday I slept for 5 hours only and I thought I was going to be sleepy. I was surprised at myself, I was very alert during work. Nope I don’t drink coffee. Maybe because I was too busy to be sleepy. However when I went home for lunch, I dosed off for a good 30 minutes. It is really good to work close to my home.

  After the nap, engine started slow but when I reached office it was back to the busy schedule. Fortunately I was busy, if not I could have doze off at my desk. I guess work is my caffeine. It is so healthy. 😛

  I remembered there was one colleague of mine who doze off at his office desk. Worst is he snored so loudly. I saved him from embarrassment and gave him a call. He woke up upon hearing his phone ring.

• Laser Computer Mouse

  07.25.08 | Permalink |Technology| 2 Comments

  I blog about my computer mouse before. After using it for 3 months, I am very satisfied with it. Why?

  First I discovered that it has a 2 year warranty. I was very surprised by it because I never knew a computer mouse has warranty. Later I found out my other MAC mouse also have warranty.

  Secondly it runs on batteries as it is a laser mouse. It has provided a USB charger with 4 chargeable batteries. The mouse uses only 2 batteries. I can interchange the batteries after the battery is dead and on top of that, the charger is very useful. Environmental Friendly.

  Thirdly it is portable as I can carry it with me anywhere. However the receiver is a little bit bulky but I can live with that. I still like the previous one I had, it was a prototype that the receiver can be kept in the mouse itself. The design was definitely better.

  I will see how long this laser mouse can last. It should be 2 years, else I get a new one free. 🙂

  
  
  

• Bravo Shirtliff

  07.21.08 | Permalink |School| 1 Comment

  Shirtliff cheerleaders from SMK Seri Bintang Utara, you make us proud!! Team Shirtliff came up first in the 2008 Malaysia interschool cheerleading competition. During my school time, the only thing I like on sports day is watching the cheerleaders perform. Team Shirtliff which is Red house always give the best performance. This is not a bias opinion because I am in Green house.

  Why use the name Shirtliff? It is named after a missionary teacher Miss B. Shirtliff. We had names like Prouse for purple, Maclay for blue, Green for green and Cooke for yellow.

  I was stunned by the school standard of cheerleading in this generation. It is amazing how the girls can do triple flip, front and back somersault. Where do they learn in from? Of coz in our days, the cheerleaders can only do dance movement and probably a human pyramid. The timing and movement was superb. By the way, Shirtliff had won 5 times in cheerleading competition. Team Shirtliff, you make the BBGS spirit lives on.

  Now watch team Shirtliff do their amazing performance here:

  
  
  

• Long Lost Friends

  07.19.08 | Permalink |Friends| 2 Comments

  I must say that I am very bad at keeping in touch with friends. I have lost touch with a lot of my school friends. I am neither a person who write letters nor a phone person. If you see the credit on my mobile phone, you know. I wished all my friends are Internet savvy and chat with me online.

  Anyway, I must thank Facebook because I could find a few of my old school friends. Catching up with them is so great. Being me, I would want to know how they are doing, married or not, work life..etc It certainly brought back memories. Imagine I haven’t seen them for over a decade after I left school. There is a reunion coming up and I cannot wait to hear more of it.

  With Facebook, you can search through your school network and you can find members who are from the same school as you. Oooh, your friends must be internet savvy first and have the interest in joining facebook. If they are not a member then you will not be able to find them. That is the only good thing I can see in facebook, others features are just a waste of time.

  If you looking for old friends, go sign up and start searching. It is very easy and simple. Google Facebook if you need instructions.

• Häagen-Dazs® Ice Cream

  07.15.08 | Permalink |Food| 4 Comments

  
  
  

  I was given a stack of Haagen Dazs ice-cream vouchers so I thought I might else well get a tub to try. I got Tiramisu flavor. It was indeed very sweet to begin with. On top of it, it was nothing out of the extraordinary. My children tried the toffee and mango flavor on the cone. I like the crispy cone but the ice cream were very sweet, even without toppings. For RM12 per cone, I will not buy it on my own.

  I have some more vouchers, so tell me what other good flavor to pick so that I will not be disappointed again. With the vouchers I have, I can go for another 5-6 more tubs.

  Anyway, I still love the world class choc from Baskin Robins.

• Motivation

  07.11.08 | Permalink |Work| 2 Comments

  
  
  

• School Days

  07.09.08 | Permalink |School| 3 Comments

  BBGS which used to be a great school and now the land was taken to turn into a shopping mall. We fought hard to keep the school. It was more than 15 years of battle. However when the government decided to relocate the school, our hopes scattered. Worst is they changed the name.

  
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  Yeah it was on a piece of expensive land because that area was a golden shopping triangle. Thanks to Sungai Wang which started it all.

  I did a lot of crazy things when I was in school. BBGS is a very strict school with a book of rules. Every day is a “fine” day if you do not follow the rules. Prefects are keeping watch on us. By the way, I am not so good in keeping the rules but I know the boundaries.

  One rule said that we are not allowed to be seen in the nearby shopping malls wearing school uniform. I used to travel to school by school bus and hid a bag of clothes in the school bus. I will wait for the school bus to come and take my clothes, put my school bag on the school bus and hop off. My school has two sessions, morning and afternoon. The school bus will come back in the evening to fetch the afternoon students back.

  A group of us will get change in a nearby hotel toilet and we will go shopping until evening. Sometimes we even go for a movie. Most of the time we are very good, stay in school and study. Those were the days when crime rate were not so great and safer. Now I don’t think it is a good idea to do that.

  Anyway if you are from BBGS and in the year of 1987 there is a reunion on 25th July 2008 at Concorde Hotel. More stories later.

• Penang Red Bridge

  07.05.08 | Permalink |Penang| 2 Comments

  
  
  

  I don’t really know what you call this bridge, it is a bridge over the Penang big drain (aka longkang). It was completed a while back but it took years. The purpose is the ease the Penang Bayan Lepas Phase III Free Trade Zone traffic. I guess it did what it was built for.

  Getting on it definitely thrill me but only for a short while. What do you expect? It is a very short distance. As I said, it is only to go over the big drain.

  That drain is filled with dirty water, at times it is black with lots of garbage flowing on top. I wished the gomen will clean it up. It will be nice to see clear water in that drain.

• Service Center With Full Facilities

  07.04.08 | Permalink |Car| Comments Off on Service Center With Full Facilities

  I am really happy with Penang Vivahill Honda Service Center as I can see improvements, every time I go service my car. First they have these comfortable sofa chairs at the lounge for resting and reading. You can also get a cup of hot drinks like coffee or tea free of charge and no limit. Water dispenser is also available.

  Next there are 2 glass rooms for people like me to work with Internet connection. I can connect my notebook to my office network and work while my car is being serviced. I wished they can install a telephone so that I can do conference too.

  Today I saw a small area with small chairs and tables for children play area. They do know how to satisfy customers with children. Previously when I went to the Sg. Pinang Honda Service Center, I was really frustrated because the sales people were smoking in the place. I saw children playing in the area too. I wrote a letter to Honda GM and the government. I wonder did they ever improve the service center there. I won’t know because I do not go there anymore.

  However with Honda service, they charged an arm and a leg. It is fairly expensive even after they give me VIP discount. Their mechanics are very young and they cannot fix my car problems. They have a lot of explanation on the cause but no action to fix it. Now I need to find a good mechanic.